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Be a Community Stay Warm and Healthy Champion
26th January 2012
Would you like to help people in your community to keep warm and healthy this winter? We're looking for Community Warm and Healthy Champions to raise awareness of issues around cold damp homes, ... read more »
Time to Change Grants
26th January 2012
The Time to Change grants fund will distribute £2.7 million to approximately 75 projects across England from April 2012 to March 2015. This is the first time that Time to Change has awarded ... read more »
Social Enterprise Network
25th January 2012
Community Enterprise, In partnership with Community Action has begun to co-ordinate a regular meeting for social enterprises in Derby to come together to learn, trade and generally support each ... read more »
First Steps Derbyshire events this week
24th January 2012
Monday 23 January 6:00-7.30 pm Art Group EDAW Session - Artist led Tuesday 24 January 6:00 -7.30 pm Music Group Wednesday 25 January 5.15 - 6.00 pm Fairytale Yoga 6:00 - 8:00 pm Support ... read more »
Your Sector, Your Say 2012 Networking Event
19th January 2012
We are holding the annual agenda-setting meeting for voluntary and community groups - Your Sector, Your Say 2012 Networking Event - on Wednesday 21 March from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Riverside ... read more »
Launch of Science Garden
5th January 2012
The launch of Alvaston Park Science Garden takes place on Wednesday 18 January from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Lots of fun things to see and do including a solar system trail and a starchaser's skybolt ... read more »
Volunteer Management Apprenticeship
5th January 2012
Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Volunteer Management Do you manage volunteers? Would you like to gain a new nationally recognised qualification - Level 3 Diploma in Volunteer Management? ... read more »
JobCentre Plus Outreach Project
21st December 2011
JobCentre Plus Outreach Project The Jobcentre Plus Outreach project, held once a month at the Derbyshire Voice offices, offers an alternative place for people with mental health needs to access ... read more »
Knitting Group at Derby Women's Centre
20th December 2011
Knitting Group Are you interested in attending a knitting and crochet group in the New Year? No need for experience, beginners welcome. For more information please contact Elaine at Derby Women's ... read more »
First Steps Derbyshire Services over Christmas
20th December 2011
First Steps Derbyshire exists to raise awareness of eating disorders and to support anyone whose life is affected by any eating difficulty or disorder First Steps Derbyshire, understand that ... read more »
Relate - Safe Speak
20th December 2011
Relate's service for children and young people launches new website and service locations. Relate is delighted to announce the launch of two new exciting developments to support the children and ... read more »
Derby Women's Centre Courses and Activities
20th December 2011
Please click for a list of courses and activities taking place at Derby Women's Centre in 2012. read more »
PARC Needs Your Help!
20th December 2011
Play and Recycling Centre needs your Help! You may not be aware that the Play and Recycling Centre (PARC) is a registered charity, which relies on funding and self-generated activities to survive. ... read more »
First Steps Music and Art Courses
14th December 2011
First Steps Derbyshire exists to raise awareness of eating disorders and to support anyone whose life is affected by any eating difficulty or disorder. These groups are both 10 week courses ... read more »
QUAD Win £6000 Project Funding
14th December 2011
QUAD in Derby has won £6,000 project funding through the NatWest Community Force for Q Club, QUAD's after school club. NatWest CommunityForce is a new initiative working with local ... read more »
Big Photography Collaboration Project
14th December 2011
We will be launching an exciting new project in the new year to match up local photographers to voluntary and community groups nationwide to provide them with good quality images to use in ... read more »
Making Space Dementia Cafes
14th December 2011
Making Space Dementia Support, Information and Support Service Making Space launched a new Dementia Support Service in Derby city on 1 December 2011. The service supports those in Derby city whose ... read more »
DCAN November Newsletter
6th December 2011
Please click to read the latest newsletter from Derbyshire Contracts Advice Network. read more »
Be part of Olympic 2012 celebrations!
6th December 2011
Games Time WANTS YOU! Ever fancied being centre stage in front of 12,000 people? Ever wanted to gain real working experience of being part of a professional world-class show? Want to do something ... read more »
BBC2 Looking for artists!
6th December 2011
BBC2 Art Programme: 'Show Me the Monet' - call for artists BBC2 are making a brand new series of 'Show Me the Monet', the first series transmitted earlier this year in May. As before, our Hanging ... read more »
HIV/AIDS Awareness Event
29th November 2011
HIV/AIDS: Forget at your Peril? Wednesday 30 November, 4:00 to 6:00 pm The Multi-Faith Centre On the eve of World Aids Day have we forgotten the implications of this devastating human ... read more »
£1million for Allenton!
24th November 2011
Help to Decide How to Spend £1million in Allenton! You may be aware that Allenton has been awarded £1million of Big Lottery funding as part of the Big Local Trust. Allenton was ... read more »
Funding Available in Austin and Sinfin!
24th November 2011
Are you a community or voluntary group working on the Sinfin and Austin Estates? Do you need funding to...... Improve or expand your Community or Voluntary group?Provide activities for children ... read more »
Offices for rent - competitive rates!
23rd November 2011
Office Space for Rent Scond floor fully-furnished offices available for rent individually or combined, on short or long-term agreement. Please note: these are second floor offices - access is ... read more »
Vinspired National Awards
17th November 2011
Nominations for the vinspired National Awards, celebrating outstanding young volunteers are now open. For the first time, the awards will also include a category for the Most Outstanding NCS Team. ... read more »
Big Lottery Millennium Fund
15th November 2011
Big Lottery Millennium Fund - TV Series The Big Lottery Fund is inviting organisations to apply for a share of £10m that will be spent on five projects over a two-year period. The five ... read more »
Nick Hurd MP Launches Big Society Capital Investment Fund in Derby
10th November 2011
Minister for Civil Society Launches Big Society Capital Investment Fund in Derby Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society was in Derby today, at JET on Normanton Road, to launch the Big Society ... read more »
DWP Press Release - Community work for long-term unemployed
10th November 2011
The following press release appeared on the DWP website 10/11/11. People who have been unemployed for more than two years and haven't secured sustainable employment could be referred onto ... read more »
Employer Supported Volunteering
10th November 2011
ESV - Matching Employees to Charities! Community Action Derby has embarked on a project to get more businesses in Derby to support their employees volunteering in the community. Employer ... read more »
Latest DCAN Newsletter
9th November 2011
Click to read the latest Derby Contracts Advice Network - DCAN - newsletter. read more »
Health and Social Care Development Fund
8th November 2011
Do you need funding for a health and social care related project? Do you need to carry out repair work or buy equipment to enable your health and social care group to continue? Then read on! The ... read more »
Make a Difference Day!
3rd November 2011
The sun was shining as staff and volunteers from Community Action got to grips with their tools and started pruning and felling trees at Elvaston Castle as part of National CSV Make a Difference ... read more »
Voluntary Sector Workforce Development Grant
2nd November 2011
Voluntary Sector Workforce Development Grant 2011/2012 Derby City Council has some funds available for this year (2011/2012) for direct access by Voluntary Sector providers. The aim of the grant ... read more »
National Trustees Week
27th October 2011
National Trustees Week 2011 is the second annual celebration of Trustees and runs from 31 October to 6 November. The week highlights the great work that Trustees do and the many, and varied, ... read more »
Community Action Go MAD at Elvaston Castle!
27th October 2011
Staff, volunteers and trustees from Community Action Derby, will be giving up their time to get involved in Make a Difference Day - MAD - to help out in the grounds of Elvaston Castle. On 1 ... read more »
Relate Derby and Southern Derbyshire Funding Cut
18th October 2011
Relate Derby and Southern Derbyshire are calling all current and ex-service users for their immediate assistance Relate Derby and Southern Derbyshire have been notified by Derby City Council that ... read more »
Call for Council to Award More Contracts to City Firms
18th October 2011
The Voluntary and Community Sector Leadership Group met with with Peter Richardson, chair of Derby Renaissance Board yesterday - 17 October - to discuss what could be done to help local companies ... read more »
New Bereavement Group
17th October 2011
A new bereavement drop-in group is starting in Derby on Wednesday 19 October. Organised by the Derby branch of the national charity, Cruse Bereavement Care, it is for anybody who has suffered a ... read more »
Save Derby Women's Centre
17th October 2011
Save Derby Women's Centre! As of March 2012, Derby Women's Centre will no longer receive funding from Derby City Council and there is a definite risk that this will force the charity to close ... read more »
Bring Back Future Jobs Fund Petition
17th October 2011
Bring Back Future Jobs Fund Petition The Future Jobs Fund, which was scrapped earlier this year, provided young unemployed people with the opportunity of a job for 6 months - often longer if they ... read more »
DCC Revenue Budget Proposals
17th October 2011
DCC Revenue Budget Proposals 2012 - 2015 DCC want your views on the Revenue Budget Proposals for 2012 - 2015. Click to read the Revenue Budget Proposal - the section affecting Adults, Health and ... read more »
Launch of Community Action Training Rooms!
11th October 2011
We are very pleased to let you know that our training/meeting rooms are once again available to hire! We have four training rooms that can accommodate any number of people, from one to fifty in a ... read more »
Networking Event Success!
22nd September 2011
A big thank you to everyone who came along to our AGM and networking event. Over 170 people attended which made for a great networking experience. During the AGM the Mayor, Councillor Les Allen, ... read more »
Networking Event and AGM
14th September 2011
Less than a week to go to our AGM and the biggest voluntary and community sector networking event ever held in Derby! Next Wednesday - 21 September - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at The Darwin Suite, ... read more »
GSK Impact Awards
7th September 2011
Core funding and free training for health charities - 2012 IMPACT Awards GSK's IMPACT Awards are designed to reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people's health. ... read more »
Locality CEO speaks out about riot sentencing
1st September 2011
Locality is the leading nationwide network of settlements, development trusts, social action centres and community enterprises. Steve Wyler, Locality's Chief Executive, has written the following ... read more »
Reach Out and Funding News - are you getting them?
31st August 2011
If not click here to be added to the distribution list. Reach Out is the fortnightly ebulletin from Commmunity Action Derby with lots of news, training and events for the voluntary and community ... read more »
AGM and Annual Networking Event
31st August 2011
Putting the Third Sector First: Annual Networking Event. We are holding our (short) AGM and annual networking event, the largest of its kind, on Wednesday 21 September from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm ... read more »
Social Enterprise Investment Fund
18th August 2011
The Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) Capital Growth Fund has opened. The fund provides capital grants of 50k - 150k for non-profit organisations providing health, care and well-being ... read more »
The riots: race and class
17th August 2011
The riots: race and class Extracts from an article by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in The Independent on 15 August 2011 These weren't race riots in the good old-fashioned sense. Racial disadvantage ... read more »
Council House One Stop Shop - Space Available
10th August 2011
Council House One Stop Shop - available space Derby City Council is in the process of looking at use of the One Stop Shop area that will be part of the newly refurbished Council House when it ... read more »
Local Infrastructure Fund - help and guidance
9th August 2011
Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund - How One East Midlands can help As part of their ongoing support, One East Midlands has set up a dedicated page on their website on the Transforming Local ... read more »
Measuring the Difference
9th August 2011
Measuring the Difference The government's promised opening-up of public service delivery to outside organisations has led to renewed focus on measuring outcomes. With more players entering into ... read more »
Local Infrastructure Funding
3rd August 2011
The Transforming Local Infrastructure Programme is open for applications. The fund is being managed by the BIG fund; and aims to help modernise organisations that provide support to delivery ... read more »
Healthy Living for Adults with Disabilities
3rd August 2011
Healthy Living for Adults with Disabilities Ryder-Cheshire Volunteers are a well-established charity and have worked in the East Midlands for almost 25 years. Our ethos has been to support those ... read more »
Government Statement on Healthy Lives, Healthy People White Paper
27th July 2011
The White Paper 'Healthy lives, healthy people: our strategy for public health in England' outlined the Government's proposal for public health. In April this year the the Government announced it ... read more »
VCS Response to Increased Demand for Services
21st July 2011
Community Action has published a report on the voluntary and community sector's response to the increasing demand for services in the city. Click to read the report. read more »
Community Action Achieves Inspire 2012 Mark!
20th July 2011
Community Action achieves the London 2012 inspire mark! Helping people into volunteering has been a key part of Community Action's work for more than 20 years. The Volunteer Centre Derby team ... read more »
Table Tennis Players Wanted!
19th July 2011
Table Tennis in Derby Despite the summer with its intervals of sun and downpours the Derby Table Tennis Association is recruiting for its winter league. Table Tennis can be a fun activity for ... read more »
Extension to ERDF Funding Deadline
7th July 2011
The deadline for completed Expressions of Interest forms has been extended to 12 noon on Monday 1 August 2011. In light of recent announcements about potential job losses in Derby, the deadline ... read more »
Derbyshire Voice Trustees
5th July 2011
Derbyshire Voice are seeking to recruit new Trustees who may potentially take on executive roles such as the organisation's Treasurer. You must be a past or present receiver of Mental Health ... read more »
Employment Programme Success
5th July 2011
Employment Programme Success for Derby's Young People Hot on the heels of Iain Duncan Smith's pleas for UK firms to take on more young people instead of employees from abroad, comes an ... read more »
Voluntary Sector Leadership - Ballot Paper
5th July 2011
The Voluntary Sector Leadership Group works to improve the position of the voluntary and community sector in Derby to ensure a thriving sector is able to best meet the needs of the communities of ... read more »
TUPE and VCS Groups
21st June 2011
Some voluntary and community groups seem to think that TUPE regulations, which come into effect if a service is transferred from one organisation to another, does not apply to voluntary sector ... read more »
DWP Innovation Fund
21st June 2011
On 12 May, Ministers announced a series of measures to help address youth unemployment. These included a new 'Innovation Fund' which will help DWP to test new delivery models to support their most ... read more »
Hospital Discharge Survey
14th June 2011
Derby Local Involvement Network (LINk) have published a report on the experience of patient discharge from Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) to care homes in the city. Click here to view the report ... read more »
Launch of Safe Places
14th June 2011
The Safe Places scheme is being officially launched in Derby on Wednesday 22 June at the Westfield Shopping Centre. Safe Places is a nationally recognised scheme which helps people with learning ... read more »
Elections - VCS Leadership Group
9th June 2011
The Voluntary Sector Leadership Group aims to improve the position of the voluntary and community sector in Derby, to ensure a thriving sector meets the needs of the communities of Derby. Each ... read more »
Derby City and Neighbourhoods Partnership
8th June 2011
Derby City and Neighbourhood Partnerships In April 2011, Derby City Partnership became part of the newly formed Derby City and Neighbourhood Partnerships. This follows the merging of the Derby ... read more »
DCC Grant Applications
17th May 2011
Between 16 May and 24 June the Council is inviting voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations to submit applications for Adult Health and Social Care grants and for Arts grants. Further ... read more »
Warm Home Discount
19th April 2011
Under the Energy Act 2010, the Government has just introduced a new Warm Home Discount Scheme which aims to assist the country's poorest pensioners with their fuel bills. The previous scheme has ... read more »
VCS Grant Aid Strategy Update
14th April 2011
In December 2011 the City Council developed a new Voluntary Sector Grant Aid Strategy. The Strategy was launched at the Cabinet meeting on the 9th December 2010 and introduced 12 corporate ... read more »
DWP Work Programme Announcement
12th April 2011
The Department for Work and Pensions have announced that Ingeus Deloitte and A4E will deliver work programmes for the East Midlands. Click to see the full list of providers. read more »
Action Plan for Voluntary and Community Sector 2011
7th April 2011
In April 2010, the first Strategic Action Plan for the Third Sector in Derby was published. The aim of the plan was to identify the key issues for the voluntary and community sector and set ... read more »
Benefit changes to affect visually impaired people
7th April 2011
Double whammy for Derbyshire's blind population Blind and visually impaired people will no longer automatically be eligible for benefits under changes that are expected to save the government ... read more »
i-volunteer - new features
7th April 2011
Social network members help to fund new site functionality i-volunteer, the UK's social action network, has recently updated it's site's functionality, made possible thanks to the support of ... read more »
Big Society Budget
24th March 2011
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP, has announced a package of measures to support giving. Delivering what he called a 'Budget for Growth' the Chancellor said he would introduce "a ... read more »
Charity Builder - new service!
23rd March 2011
A new online service to help you become compliant quickly, easily and best of all it's free: Includes Human Resources, Health & Safety, insurance, volunteering and more! Interacts with you ... read more »
State of the City Forum
15th March 2011
Thursday 24 March, 5:30 to 7:30 pm JET, 284 - 286 Normanton Road, Derby The next Forum will focus on equality and diversity and how this important issue will feed into the delivery of the new ... read more »
Derby Charity Receive Transition Fund Award
2nd March 2011
The government has awarded £1.7m from its £100m Transition Fund to 18 charities, including one in Derby, and will announce hundreds more grants from the fund over the coming months. ... read more »
Your Sector, Your Say 2011
2nd March 2011
Following on from the success of last year's Your Sector, Your Say event we are pleased to let you know that Your Sector, Your Say 2011 will take place on Wednesday 23 March. The theme of this ... read more »
Community 'Incubator' to Help Groups Flourish
2nd March 2011
Community groups in an inner city area of Derby struggling in the current economic climate have received a lifeline to help them flourish - thanks to an exciting new initiative. The University of ... read more »
Government Action Plan to Help VCS
2nd March 2011
Eric Pickles, Communities Secretary, has outlined the action plan to support the voluntary and community sector. To read the article visit the Communities website. read more »
Democracy Day - Presentations
11th February 2011
Democracy Day took place on 8 February at the YMCA in Derby. Please find the presentations from the event below. How Parliament works Making sense of national policy New media and e-campaigning read more »
Future Jobs Fund - Headway
2nd February 2011
Ellie Makes Great Headway! Ellie Clayden, 22, from Derby, was unemployed for 18 months before finding a job through the Future Jobs Fund programme which is run in Derby by Community Enterprise ... read more »
DCC Voluntary Sector Grant Aid Strategy Q & A
27th January 2011
Derby City Council have produced a document to answer questions arising from the Voluntary Sector Grant Aid Consultation. Click to read the document. read more »
Derby hospitals 'Equality Challenge'
26th January 2011
Come and have your say about how Derby Hospitals can improve services for the communities it serves. This event takes place on 10 February with two sessions: 2:00 to 4:00 pm or 5:00 to 7:00 pm at ... read more »
Margaret Beckett MP visits Community Action!
26th January 2011
On Friday 21 January Derby South MP Margaret Beckett visited Community Action to hear how a 54% cut to our funding means we are losing almost half of our staff. Mrs Beckett met with staff and ... read more »
DCC Grant Aid Strategy 2011-2015
12th January 2011
Voluntary Sector Grant Aid Strategy 2011-2015 Consultation Derby City Council is reviewing its Voluntary Sector Grant Aid Strategy to help deliver the new plan for the city, the Derby Plan. At a ... read more »
Cuts to Voluntary Sector Grants
16th December 2010
Derby City Council is reviewing its Voluntary Sector Grant Aid Strategy to help deliver the new plan for the city - the Derby Plan. At a council cabinet meeting on 14 December the strategy and key ... read more »
Big Society Awards
23rd November 2010
The Prime Minister hopes to illustrate the 'big society in action' with monthly awards to organisations that show they are participating David Cameron has launched a series of awards for ... read more »
An Open Letter to the Voluntary Sector
18th November 2010
The RT Hon Francis Maude MP and Nick Hurd MP have written an open letter to the Voluntary and Community Sector. The Minister for the Cabinet Office, and Minister for Civil Society respectively ... read more »
Comprehensive Spending Review
26th October 2010
On 20 October the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced details of the Comprehensive Spending review. It outlines the government's spending plans for the next four years and includes extensive ... read more »
'The Stuff' from Disability Direct
12th October 2010
'The Stuff' website was launched in May this year as part of Disability Direct's Enable Project. The aim of the project is to promote independence and social inclusion to young disabled people ... read more »
Effectiveness of Volunteer Recruitment Report
18th August 2010
The Volunteer Centre at Community Action have produced a report on the Effectiveness of Volunteer Recruitment. To read the report click here. read more »
The Compact and spending cuts
29th June 2010
Information from the NCVO Public Service Delivery Network: Compact Voice is concerned that the Government's recent announcements of significant spending cuts have led to local programmes being ... read more »
Update - Future Jobs Fund
26th May 2010
You will have seen the announcement by the new Government regarding the cuts they need to make to recover substantial savings over the forthcoming year. One programme affected by these decisions ... read more »
Strategic Action Plan for Third Sector
5th May 2010
Following a structured process of consultation, in the form of the Your Sector, Your Say survey, the Third Sector in Derby identified a range of actions that it wished to be taken forward. To ... read more »
Your Sector, Your Say Survey Results
13th April 2010
The final report on the Your Sector, Your Say survey is now available to view or download. The results from the survey are being used to create an action plan for the voluntary and community ... read more »
Reach Out Archive
24th November 2009
View our Archive If you would like to read past copies of Reach Out, the fortnightly ebulletin from Community Action, please click on the link above. We also publish a monthly training and events ... read more »
Reach Out - are you getting it?
11th November 2009
If not click here to be added to the distribution list. Reach Out is the fortnightly ebulletin from Commmunity Action Derby. In each issue we bring you lots of news, funding opportunities and ... read more »
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18th September 2009
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